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knoxcotn-digest Sunday, March 4 2001 Volume 01 : Number 183
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 16:14:03 -0500 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] ETHS Lecture March 18 (Knox) & 19 (Elizabethton) This is taken from the ETHS publicity packet. For more details about all ETHS lectures in the spring schedule, go to http://www.east-tennessee-history.org/ "The men of the Western waters" they were called, those early pioneers of Tennessee who lived across the high mountains from their North Carolina government. What began as a trickle of migration soon became a flood, as families with "the West in their eyes" spread across the Tennessee and Kentucky frontiers, then further west and south. Driven by the twin hungers of land and opportunity, these pioneers were not deterred by the dangers of the frontier or by the presence of the powerful Indian tribes who possessed the land. Andrew Jackson came to symbolize the pioneer's quest for land. Long before he became the seventh president, Jackson waged a bloody campaign to gain lasting American control of the vast territory stretching from the Appalachians to the Mississippi and from the Ohio River to the Gulf of Mexico. Under the Peace of Paris Treaty of 1783, most of this land had already been ceded to the United States by Great Britain, but first it must be wrested from the powerful tribes-the Cherokee, the Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek-who lived there and refused to be governed by a scrap of paper. The bloody struggle that ensued over the next three decades would end in an Indian war that would make Jackson one of the most controversial men in American history. In lectures in Knoxville and in Elizabethton, author John Buchanan will discuss Andrew Jackson, "the people of the Western waters," their eventual settlement of the Old Southwest, and the terrible plight of the Indian tribes who inhabited the land. He will further examine Jackson as their greatest leader, as well as his role as field commander during the Creek War and on the Gulf Coast, and will reassess the view of Jackson as an amateur bungler during these campaigns. Also under scrutiny will be Jackson's dealings with civilian authorities in New Orleans before and after the great battle and Jackson's contribution to the Anglo-American tradition of the paramount role of civil authority in our nation. John Buchanan is the author of the popularly acclaimed The Road to Guilford Courthouse, the story of the Revolution in the Carolinas. Born in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York, Mr. Buchanan is retired as the the chief registrar of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, where he was in charge of all aspects of worldwide art movements. Since retirement, he has worked full time at historical research and writing. Two other works are in progress: a book on George Washington's campaigns, from the British invasion of New York City through the Continental army's travail at Valley Forge; and The Road to Charleston, a sequel to The Road to Guilford Courthouse. Free and open to the public, the Knoxville lecture begins at 2 p.m. in the ETHS Auditorium, 600 Market Street, Knoxville, and will be followed by a reception. Copies of Mr. Buchanan's books will be available in the ETHS Museum Shop. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 16:19:53 -0500 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Knoxville Race Riots, 1919 ETHS Brown-Bag Lecture (bring your lunch) -- free to the public "DARK NIGHT: THE KNOXVILLE RACE RIOT OF 1919" Matthew Lakin At 2:30 a.m. on August 30, 1919, Mrs. Bertie Lindsey, a white woman, was murdered by an intruder in her Knoxville home. Within an hour, police arrested Maurice Mays, a prominent black businessman, and charged him with the crime. The events that followed attracted national attention as Knoxville, Tennessee, a city renowned for its peaceful race relations, erupted in a race riot that claimed several lives, destroyed both public and private property, and ultimately led to the execution of an innocent man. Ironically, despite the attention received at the time, this event has been largely ignored by most historians. Matthew Lakin has spent the last three years piecing together the story of the riot and will attempt to shed light on this neglected chapter of Knoxville's history. A native of Knox County's Ritta community, Matthew L akin is a 1998 graduate of The University of Tennessee. He is the author of "A Dark Night': The Knoxville Race Riot of 1919," which will appear in the ETHS 2000 Journal of East Tennessee History, and is currently working on a book about the riot. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 16:46:18 -0500 From: "Sally Singleton Lawlor" <jagger@kconline.com> Subject: Re: [KnoxCoTN] Unsubscribe Please unsubscribe. Thanks Sally Singleton Lawlor jagger@kconline.com Researching Craigs of Indiana, Kentucky and Virginia. - -----Original Message----- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 16:53:27 -0500 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: Re: [KnoxCoTN] Unsubscribe List subscription instructions are on the Knox County TNGenWeb site at http://www.knoxcotn.org -- click on the link to the mailing list, and follow the instructions but use UNSUBSCRIBE where it says SUBSCRIBE.
At 04:46 PM 3/4/01 -0500, Sally Singleton Lawlor wrote: >Please unsubscribe. Thanks ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 17:39:53 EST From: Tenc@aol.com Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Halls Cross Roads - --part1_4f.83c3952.27d41e39_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The Union County book Our Union County Heritage, published 1978, includes the local telephone directory for 1913 and 1916. Halls Crossroads (yes I know, it's in Knox County) is in both directories. Nancy Cassada Nelson - --part1_4f.83c3952.27d41e39_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>The Union County book Our Union County Heritage, published 1978, includes the <BR>local telephone directory for 1913 and 1916. Halls Crossroads (yes I know, <BR>it's in Knox County) is in both directories. <BR> <BR>Nancy Cassada Nelson</FONT></HTML> - --part1_4f.83c3952.27d41e39_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 17:41:50 EST From: Tenc@aol.com Subject: [KnoxCoTN] James Burchfield of Knox County - --part1_77.1106a7af.27d41eae_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The 1900 census for Knox Co shows this family at 526 Cloud St in Knoxville: BURCHFIELD, James M, born Sept 1861 Ellen born April 1863 Fred born Oct 1884 Cecil A born May 1893 (female) Nellie Nollerton, niece, born Dec 1884. Does anyone have connections to this Burchfield family? Nancy Cassada Nelson Bordentown NJ - --part1_77.1106a7af.27d41eae_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>The 1900 census for Knox Co shows this family at 526 Cloud St in Knoxville: <BR> <BR>BURCHFIELD, James M, born Sept 1861 <BR>Ellen born April 1863 <BR>Fred born Oct 1884 <BR>Cecil A born May 1893 (female) <BR>Nellie Nollerton, niece, born Dec 1884. <BR> <BR>Does anyone have connections to this Burchfield family? <BR> <BR>Nancy Cassada Nelson <BR>Bordentown NJ</FONT></HTML> - --part1_77.1106a7af.27d41eae_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 18:08:34 -0500 From: "Diane Nicholson Smith" <ladygardner@netzero.net> Subject: Re: [KnoxCoTN] Unsubscribe please unsubscribe
Shop online without a credit card http://www.rocketcash.com RocketCash, a NetZero subsidiary ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 18:31:56 -0500 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: Re: [KnoxCoTN] James Burchfield of Knox County Have you looked at the Burchfiel(d) families in Jefferson County? At 05:41 PM 3/4/01 -0500, Tenc@aol.com wrote: >The 1900 census for Knox Co shows this family at 526 Cloud St in Knoxville: > >BURCHFIELD, James M, born Sept 1861 ------------------------------ End of knoxcotn-digest V1 #183 ******************************
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